"[describing a painting] It's night in Venice. This is the color of an accountant's soul - a love rejected. This, I once grew mold on an orange this color when I was living in Boston. And these are various members of the school board. You see, if something's eating at you, you gotta find a way to use it."

"You need to visit the mind of the great one. Picasso, who saw the truth. Who painted the truth. Who ripped it from the earth with two angry hands."

"Hi everybody! Welcome to Art. The only class that will teach you how to survive. This is where you can find your soul, if you dare. Don't ask me to show you how to draw a face. Ask me to help you find the wind."

"I think you should know what you stand for, not just what you're against. You should be able to show how things can be better."

"[voiceover] Today is career day. Am I A: a helper B: a doer C: a planner or D: a dreamer?"

"[voiceover] Dave Petrakis invited me over to do lab homework. I said no. No thanks. I just... I can't."

"[voiceover] Heather has found a clan. The Marthas. Very Connecticut. Very prep. I suspect money changed hands."

"[voiceover] It's impossible to listen to Ms. Kane. Her voice sounds like an engine that won't turn over. Plus she laughs at her own jokes."

"[voiceover] There is no point talking to my ex-friends. Our clan, the Plain Janes, has been absorbed by rival groups. Nicole hangs out with the jocks. Rachel went all Euro. Ivy straddles two crowds: the goths and the Marthas. And then there's me. I'm clanless."

"[voiceover] Gym should be illegal. It's humiliating."

"[voiceover] Here's what I learned in bio. If the seed is planted too deep it doesn't warm up in time. Once the plant surfaces it sprouts leaves so it can absorb more sun. If someone picks the flower the plant grows another bloom to produce more seeds."

"[voiceover] It happened. There's no avoiding it. No forgetting."

"[voiceover] It's hard to sleep at home. How long would it take for the nurses to figure out I don't belong here? Would they let me rest for a few days?"

"[voiceover] It's my first day of high school. I have seven new notebooks, a skirt I hate, and a stomach ache."

"[voiceover] It's time for a mental health day. So conjugate this: I cut class. You cut class. He/she/it cuts class."

"[voiceover] I hate winter. I've lived in the midwest my whole life and I hate winter. It starts too early and it ends too late. Why doesn't everyone just move to Florida?"

"[voiceover] Ivy's being nice. Say something. My throat is dry. It hurts."

"[voiceover] My English teacher has no face. I call her Hairwoman."

"[voiceover] I should probably tell someone. Just... anyone. Get it over with. Blurt it out."

"Megan Pillar - Ivy"

"Tony Roseboro - Principal"

"Steve Zahn - Mr. Freeman"

"D.B. Sweeney - Jack Sordino"

"Allison Siko - Heather Billings"

"Elizabeth Perkins - Joyce Sordino"

"Leslie Lyles - Hairwoman"

"Eric Lively - Andy Evans"

"Hallee Hirsh - Rachel "Rache" Bruin"

"Robert John Burke - Mr. Neck"

"Michael Angarano - David "Dave" Petrakis"

"I don't know what to say, really. Three minutes 'til the biggest battle of our professional lives all comes down to today. Now either we heal as a team or we're gonna crumble, inch by inch, play by play, until we're finished. We're in hell right now, gentlemen, believe me. And, we can stay here, get the shit kicked out of us, or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb outta hell, one inch at a time.Now, I can't do it for ya. I'm too old. I look around. I see these young faces, and I think, I mean, I made every wrong choice a middle-aged man can make. I, uh, I pissed away all my money, believe it or not. I chased off anyone who's ever loved me. And lately, I can't even stand the face I see in a mirror. You know, when you get old in life, things get taken from you. I mean that's, that's, that's part of life. But, you only learn that when you start losin' stuff. You find out life's this game of inches, so is football. Because in either game - life or football - the margin for error is so small. I mean, one half a step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second too slow, too fast, and you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second.On this team, we fight for that inch. On this team, we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when we add up all those inches, that's gonna make the fuckin' difference between winnin' and losin'! Between livin' and dyin'! I'll tell ya this - in any fight, it's the guy who's willin' to die who's gonna win that inch. And I know if I'm gonna have any life anymore, it's because I'm still willin' to fight and die for that inch. Because that's what livin' is! The six inches in front of your face!!Now, I can't make you do it. You gotta look at the guy next to you. Look into his eyes! Now I think you're gonna see a guy who will go that inch with ya. You're gonna see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows, when it comes down to it, you're gonna do the same for him! That's a team, gentleman! And, either we heal, now, as a team, or we will die as individuals. That's football, guys. That's all it is. Now, what are you gonna do?"

"Charlton Heston — AFFA Football Commissioner"

"Clifton Davis — Mayor Tyrone Smalls"

"Elizabeth Berkley — Mandy Murphy"

"Lela Rochon — Vanessa Struthers"

"John C. McGinley — Jack Rose"